[Mg-t] 54 TF engine timing

[Bud Krueger]

Dave and Liz DuBois wrote:
> Bud,
>
> I just went back to see what I wrote in my sent file and here is what 
> I see:
>
>> Since the XPAG/XPEG engines only have a single timing point, one 
>> either adjusts them statically or uses a dial back timing light to 
>> set the timing.  Since i have a dial back timing light, I use that to 
>> set the timing at about 50 - 60 BTDC at idle and a total of  350 BTDC 
>> at around 2800 rpm - 3000 rpm.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dave 
> I'm not sure how those extra 0s got in there (perhaps my e-mail 
> program is multiplying everything by 10).  Anyway, you are right it 
> should be 5 -6 degrees and 35 degrees.  Looking at the quote in your 
> e-mail and what I wrote, it may be that the degree symbol that I used 
> may have gotten converted somehow to 0s.  I wonder now, how many other 
> e-mails that I have written, using the degree symbol have wound up as 0s.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
>
Hi Dave,

I find that Alt 248 'usually' gives the degree symbol.  Oh, but the 
exceptions can be a pain.
Bud